Keywords: flying squirrel
Item 9485
Squirrel Island Gathering, ca. 1905
Contributed by: Stanley Museum Date: circa 1905 Location: Southport Media: Photographic print
Item 82351
Joel W. Marsh Letter on the CCC, Randolph, 1988
Contributed by: Maine Conservation Corps Date: circa 1935 Location: Randolph; Bridgton Media: Ink on paper
Exhibit
In 1954, November 11 became known as Veterans Day, a time to honor American veterans of all wars. The holiday originated, however, as a way to memorialize the end of World War I, November 11, 1918, and to "perpetuate peace through good will and mutual understanding between nations." Mainers were involved in World War I as soldiers, nurses, and workers on the homefront aiding the military effort.
Exhibit
Maine's ample woods historically provided numerous game animals and birds for hunters seeking food, fur, or hides. The promotion of hunting as tourism and concerns about conservation toward the end of the nineteenth century changed the nature of hunting in Maine.